How awesome is your state?
 

The other day it dawned upon me...other than the obvious states New York and California...Ohio has given birth to more awesome bands than any other state I can think of.

Devo
Guided By Voices
the New Bomb Turks
Brainiac
Pere Ubu
Rocket From the Tombs
the Dead Boys
the Afghan Whigs
Swearing At Motorists
the Breeders
Lou Barlow
the Ohio Players
the Electric Eels
the Black Keys
David Allan Coe
Chrissie Hynde
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Tracy Chapman
Mushroomhead
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony :)
Nine Inch Nails
Jon Spencer (from the blues explosion was born in cleveland!)
Premonitions of War
the Sun
SA Smash
the Kelley Deal 6000
Shesus
Stylex
the Libertines
84 Nash

...and probably a whole lot more. The purpose of this thread is to a) comment on the "Rock-a-tude" of Ohio or b) pimp your own state and their rock lineage.

New York is obvious, but my own homeland of Long Island itself has an impressive list of artists...

Brand New
Taking Back Sunday
Glassjaw
Public Enemy
Billy Joel
Blue Oyster Cult
Joe Satriani
Good Rats
Steve Vai
Brian Setzer
Johnny Ramone
Orange 9mm

...just to name a few...

Mushroomhead ownz..I live in PA..all I can think of is The Clarks..

Don't forget Marilyn Manson is from Ohio too!:)

Yep, yep...lots of cool people from Ohio. And if the Cincinnati music scene is any indication, there's going to be quite a few more coming out of Ohio, too :D

Michigan has:
Bob Seger
Grand Funk Railroad
Ted Nugent
Alice Cooper
? and the Mysterians
Ready for the World (do you remember them??)
Mithch Ryder
Hank Ballard
Sonny Bono
The Four Tops
The Temptations
Holland, Dozier, Holland (Motown writing team)
Glen Frey
Insane Clown Posse (whatever)
Martha & the Vandellas
Suzi Quatro (Leather Tuscedaro from Happy Days)
Smokey Robinson
J. D. Souther (writer for the Eagles)
The Supremes
The Romantics
The Winans
Thhe White Stripes
Kid Rock
Eminem
Jackie Wilson
Don Was (Producer)
Kasey Kasem

To name just a few



We adopted KISS too, but they're from New York, so I'll let KWSN claim them

Washington State (Seattle) is known for:

Nirvana -love them!
Soundgarden
Alice In Chains
SuperDeluxe- love them!
Foo Fighters- love them!
Pearl Jam
REM- love them!
Mother Love Bone
Zeke
Gas Huffer
The Melvins
Seaweed- love them!
Hovercraft
Three Fish
Temple of the Dog
Green River- named after you know what
Some Velvet Sidewalk
Supersuckers
Screaming Trees- love them!
Presidents of the USA -love them!
Young Fresh Fellows
The Fastbacks
Love Battery
Mudhoney
Beat Happening
Candlebox
The Wailers
The Ventures
The Dynamics
The Imperials
Heart
Queensryche
Coffin Break
Posies
Sky Cries Mary- love them!
Tad
Alcohol Funnycar
Sweet Water
Hammerbox
7 Year Bitch
Hole
Sleater-Kinney (named after Rd. in Olympia/Tumwater area)
GruntTruck
Sicko
Diamond Fist Werney -love them!
Bikini Kill
Green Apple Quick Step -love them!
Kill Switch Klick
Sister Psychic- love them!
Citezen's Utilities
Sunny Day Real Estate- love them!
MxPx- love them!
Mad Season- love them!
Sweet 75
Model Rockets
Goodness -love them!
Critters Buggin
Harvey Danger
Super Sonic Soul Pimps
Micro Mini
Death Cab For Cutie

Thought he was from Florida??

Seattle is the home to pretty much every grunge band that ever existed, including Nirvana

Minnesota?
Prince
Atmosphere
Soul Asylum:o
Bobby McFerrin lives here.
yay?

REM is from Georgia, besides, you guys have enough good bands.

Anyways, these artists call Ontario home

Rush
The Tragically Hip
Neil Young
Barenaked Ladies
I Mother Earth
Loverboy
The Headstones
Bryan Adams
Cowboy Junkies
Alanis

That's all I know off the top of my head, I'm sure there are more.

Our Lady Peace came from Ontario. So did Sum41, Monster Magnet, and other bands that have slipped my mind at this hour.

...Michigan continued:

Stevie Wonder
Madonna
Iggy Pop
Aretha Franklin
George Clinton

We're known for being one of the top producers of Korn here in Iowa. Um, I mean corn.

Damn, all I can think of is Slipknot and Index Case. I know there must be a few country singers from here.

Thanks I knew I'd forget some.


BTW, I know the Jacksons got their start in Mowtown, But they're from Indiana, so whoever is from there can claim those freaks!! :lol:

It's still all about Cali!! They're born elswhere, but always end up here.

I know I'm going to miss some, but off the top of my head here are some national acts that hail from the state of Virginia:

Dave Matthews Band
Jason Mraz
Missy Elliott
Timbaland
Clipse (rap act)
N.E.R.D.
The Neptunes (produce just about everything out there that isn't produced by Timbaland or Missy)
Dave Grohl (grew up in Northern Virginia, so I claim him!)
Carbon Leaf
Cracker
GWAR
Everything
Agents of Good Roots
D'Angelo
Denali

Oops, my bad. I just know they have just done so much in WA.....Thanks for correcting that.

the band Marilyn Manson (and the Spooky Kids) formed in florida...but brian warner (aka Marilyn Manson) is from canton, oh

Illinois represent!!

Smashing Pumpkins
Local H
Common
R Kelly ( HAHAHAHA )
Mudvayne
Ministry
Disturbed (eww)
Lucky Boys Confusion
not sure about Dead To Fall
Twista

forget all that

Illinois -> Mudvayne

'nuff said

I don't have a state, but New Zealand has produced some great music, though I doubt many of you will have heard of any of them.

Shihad aka Pacifier
The Datsuns
The D4
Weta
Dead Flowers
Hooster
Split Enz
The Exponents

Lots more too, but it's early in the morning and I can't think.

CT has Hatebreed and John Mayer, can't think of any more at the moment
both Hatebreed and Mayer are from one town over from me, Mayer went to my high school, and is banned from the school hall of fame for writing and performin "an unflattering song" about one of the school deans, who owns a liquor store, and therefore is accused of being an alcoholic.

Mudvayne -> 1999

booooring.

Yeah, I was not that proud to put Mudvayne on the list. I did it just for filler!

Oregon has...uh...
Elliott Smith (Thusly, Heatmiser)
Everclear
...
That's...uh..That's about it.

Wisconsin has.. Violent Femmes!

and.. that's about it.. Bodeans?

umm.. really struggling here.

NJ = The Boss

nuff said

Cleveland Rocks!

Lets see, Missouri has...

The Bottle Rockets
Gravity Kills
Puddle of Mudd


Could I get some help over here?

NeverBorn, LIVE is from PA. I've been addicted to their music for nearly 5 years now. Lots of energy in their shows and in their music. Ed K. is one crazy dude.

you can't possibly mention ohio without mentioning RJD2 or anyone he's done work with: blueprint, i think MHz, and i'm sure there's lots more. but RJ is god

Don't forget OAR...I'm not a big fan, but they're getting big...

South Carolina:

Hootie and Edwin McCain

Guess the "Blue Laws" just don't attract the rocker types.

Texas:

Stevie Ray Vaughan
need I say more???

How about AUSTRALIA
though we are divided into states in jut going to claim them all
AC/DC
Olivia Newton John (im sure someone like her)
Powderfinger
The Butterfly Effect (an up and coming band that just toured the USA)
Frenzal Rhomb
silverchair
The Living End
28 Days
1200 Techniques
Gerling
The Cat Empire
John Butler Trio
Magic Dirt
Nick Cave
The Vinees
Jet
You Am I
Jebediah
Pacifier (aka Shihad, ok there from New Zealand but ill claim them)
Hoodoo Gurus
Something for Kate

I know there is a god chance some of you guys may not of heard of all these bands but you should. They are hard rocking Aussie bands.

p.s. there are many more but i cant think of them at the moment

Can't forget the hometown favorite....The Urge (St. Louis)

bob dylan comes to mind as well

thanks for the catch

Nope.

But, you could add ZZ Top and Buddy Holly to that list.

Nebraska.
we have....
umm.....
311 (sigh)
....
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(help me out here bill)
...
...
oh yeah, we also have
mannheim steamroller.

yeah, we pretty much suck.